Traje tipica de la mujer
Despite the dust and the somber Germanic architecture of the city, Xela is brightly and dramatically colorful. The landscape surrounding the city is largely undeveloped, which at least has one advantage: miles upon miles of forest, steep volcanoes and sweeping valleys so green it almost hurts your eyes to take it all in. Even the trash people toss into ditches from their houses or passing chicken buses has a certain vibrancy against the countryside. People are not afraid to paint their houses dubious colors of hot pink, coral, sky blue, or some combination of all the above (this comes in handy for postal delivery, as instead of giving your address as “29 Avenue A”, which no one will ever find, you can simply say, “the orange and green house next to Tienda Mary on Diagonal 11”).